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Research happens in context. But, how did Digital Humanities (DH) get here? This seminar series explores the socio-historical, -political and -cultural contexts of DH research as a means of building understanding of how we all ended up here and what that means for the future of the field. It’s an opportunity for newcomers to understand how the field has developed, and for established practitioners to consider their work as part of a larger movement with competing influences, ambitions, and blindspots. Papers may take an “insider” or “outsider” view of DH, that is, papers may be positioned within the discipline of DH or take a comparative approach that situates DH in a wider disciplinary, social, cultural and/or historical context.
This seminar series is co-hosted by scholars living eight time zones apart, and therefore the times of sessions vary to allow the greatest possible access to people based at different points on the globe. It is both an experiment to push the (social) boundaries of a virtual seminar series, and a bridging of trans-Atlantic digital humanities centres who are committed to rich international discussions from a range of perspectives, with an emphasis on reflective practice.
All sessions are free but signup is required.
Co-hosted by UCL Centre for Digital Humanities & the Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis, Stanford. Convenors: Drs Giovanna Cesarani (Stanford), Adam Crymble (UCL), Julianne Nyhan (UCL), Laura Stokes (Stanford), Agnieszka Backman (Stanford).
Reflections and videos of the talks (where permitted) will be hosted by CESTA at https://cestastanford.github.io
2020-2021
Term 2
- Wed, 27 Jan 2021: From Engagement to Retreat? Historians and Digital Preservation 1968-2003
- Speaker: Ian Milligan (University of Waterloo)
- Venue: Online, via Zoom, [17:00 London / 09:00 California].
- Tues, 9 Feb 2021: Digital Humanities Against Enclosure
- Speaker: Jessica Marie Johnson (Johns Hopkins University)
- Venue: Online, via Zoom, [20:00 London / 12:00 California].
- Tues, 23 Feb 2021: Digital Humanities and Spatial History: Atlantic World Stories
Speaker: Zephyr Frank (Stanford University)
Venue: Online, via Zoom, [20:00 London / 12:00 California]. - Wed, 10 Mar 2021: Multilingual Publishing in Digital Humanities
- Speaker: Riva Quiroga (Programming Historian)
- Venue: Online, via Zoom, [13:00 London / 05:00 California]
Term 3
- Tues, 13 April 2021: Humanités numériques, цифровые гуманитарные науки, デジタル・ヒューマニティーズ: Histories and Futures of Linguistic Diversity in DH
- Speaker: Quinn Dombrowski (Stanford University) [RESCHEDULED DUE TO SCHEDULING CONFLICT]
- Venue: Online, via Zoom, [20:00 London / 12:00 California]
- Tues, 27 April 2021: A Look Backwards Through the Index of Digital Humanities Conferences
- Speaker: Scott Weingart & Nickoal Eichmann-Kalwara
- Venue: Online, via Zoom, [17:00 London / 09:00 California]
- Wed, 12 May 2021: Complicating the whiteness of Digital Humanities: The Deep History of Black DH
- Speaker: Amy Earhart (Texas A&M University)
- Venue: Online, via Zoom, [17:00 London / 09:00 California]
- Wed, 26 May 2021: Web Archives Long View
- Speaker: Valérie Schafer (University of Luxembourg) and Jane Winters (School of Advanced Study, University of London)
- Venue: Online, via Zoom, [17:00 London / 09:00 California]
- Wed, 9 Jun 2021: Uncovering Digital History’s forgotten roots: the work of the Association for History and Computing
- Speaker: Gerben Zaagsma (University of Luxembourg)
- Venue: Online, via Zoom, [17:00 London / 09:00 California]
- Tue, 22 Jun 2021: Laboratory Life in the Humanities: Computation, Criticism, and Collaboration
- Speaker: Mark Algee-Hewitt (University of Stanford)
- Venue: Online, via Zoom, [20:00 London / 12:00 California]
View past seminars: 2014-15; 2015-16; 2016-17; 2017-18; 2018-19; 2019-20